Staff redeployed to deal with surge of patients at Edmonton children’s hospital

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The hospital has also expanded emergency room and hallway capacity to make room for more beds, says medical director

Alberta Health Services says it’s redeploying staff as the volume of sick children at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton continues to rise.

Majaesic did not say how many physicians have been redeployed to the areas of greatest need at the hospital, but numbers are fluctuating with the needs of other areas. Alberta Health Services says in a statement that the Stollery pediatric intensive care unit is at about 100 per cent capacity but that it has the ability to add additional beds if required.

 

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